"Leon" wrote in message
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"Teamcasa" wrote in message
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The hardest part of teaching people to use the saw is keeping people from
holding the fall-off piece.


Having never used a worm drive with left blade arrangement or any left
hand saw, with which hand do you hold the keeper end of a board when
holding the saw with your right hand? Seems to me it would be the left
hand but that hand would have to be on the opposite side of the saw if
done correctly. Otherwise you have to rest the saw on the scrap fall away
side and that is not a safe scenario?

The fact that you mention the hardest part is teach the people to not hold
the fall off piece seems to indicate that the setup for the cut is wrong
to start with. If you hold the left hand saw with your left hand this
pretty much becomes a moot point. Same goes with the right blade for
right handers. If the blade is not situated between your two hands, you
are as tempted to grab that waste piece as it falls away.

Taking line of site out of the equation, it makes more sense to me for
safety reasons to use the left in your left hand and your right in your
right hand.

The typical method is to hold/secure the longest end of the board being cut,
regardless of the keep piece, with your left hand - use your right hand to
guide the saw, cut the side of the line that protects the measurement of the
keep piece - let the short piece fall free.

Below are a few examples of people using the saw.

http://www.teamcasa.org/images/2005i...4_june2005.jpg

http://www.teamcasa.org/images/2005images/100_0202.jpg

Dave